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Main Stage
Opera and music

Così fan tutte

10–28 February 2027

Power plays and dangerous liaisons. Mozart's comedy of manners returns in a sharp contemporary new staging.

A ballet dancer wearing a pink jumpsuit launches themselves into the air in front of a backdrop of a big red eye.

Main Stage
Ballet and dance

MADDADDAM

22 February–13 March 2027

Wayne McGregor’s ballet reimagines Margaret Atwood’s dystopic epic of annihilation and survival.

A stylized, grainy photograph of a person sitting against a blue-toned background, holding a bouquet of orange flowers that obscures their face. The person wears a muted blue top and a flowing orange skirt, with soft, moody lighting and a dreamy, slightly blurred effect.

Linbury Theatre
Opera and music

Les Boréades

4–14 March 2027

Can love conquer all when Greek gods are involved? The Royal Opera's first performance of a work by Rameau at Covent Garden.

A group of performers stand alongside a door frame in a room with flowered wallpaper on stage. A performer wearing a suit has come through the door and holds onto the handle.

Main Stage
Opera and music

Il trittico

5–18 March 2027

Lovers. Mothers. Gold-diggers. In this spectacular trio of Puccini operas, love’s contrasts are laid bare.

Ballet Black

22–27 March 2027

Cassa Pancho's dynamic dance company returns to the Linbury Theatre.

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A performer wearing a beige dress is lit from above on stage and stands in front of a park bench with a beige coat strewn across. They are in movement as though running towards the audience. Behind them, only slightly visible, are a group of performers.

Main Stage
Opera and music

Káťa Kabanová

22 March–10 April 2027

A young and vulnerable woman is swept up in a passionate affair in Janáček’s evocative opera.

The Royal Ballet dancer Fumi Kaneko wears a white tutu and feathered headdress stands en pointe. She is embraced from behind by The Royal Ballet dancer Vadim Muntagirov who is wearing a black soldiers uniform. Slightly blurred from view, behind the two dancers, are a group of ballet dancers wearing the same white tutus and feathered headdresses. They are performing in The Royal Ballet's production of Swan Lake.

Main Stage
Ballet and dance

Swan Lake

27 March–31 May 2027

A bewitching tale of sorcery and love. The ultimate ballet classic.

Music Director of The Royal Opera, Jakub Hrůša, stands in front of an orchestra in a conductor pit facing the audience.

Main Stage
Opera and music

The Rite of Spring + Duke Bluebeard’s Castle in Concert

2 April 2027

Stravinsky’s scandalous work and Bartók's blood-red thriller come alive in a one-night-only concert.

Two ballet dancers are on a dark stage wearing gold costumes. One lies on the floor lifting the other up with their legs stretched behind them.

International Draft Works

12–14 April 2027

New works. New choreographic voices from around the world.